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CAPE BUFFALO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape buffalo mean?
• CAPE BUFFALO (noun)
The noun CAPE BUFFALO has 1 sense:
1. large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
Familiarity information: CAPE BUFFALO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cape buffalo; Synercus caffer
Hypernyms ("Cape buffalo" is a kind of...):
buffalo; Old World buffalo (any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo)
Holonyms ("Cape buffalo" is a member of...):
genus Synercus; Synercus; tribe synercus (Cape buffalo)
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